I went down to Carrie's and snooped around today.<br>The "mural" has been covered over with a fresh layer of green paint.<br>The woman behind the desk was talking with someone on the phone about the controversy.<br>
Carrie, she said, had "caught a bunch of flak" for the mural and didn't go into the shop today to avoid people like me there to ask questions.<br>I quietly slipped out. There's talk about a response circulating.<br>
I did get a business card.<br>You can email Carrie Jo Homann at <a href="mailto:carries@insighbb.com">carries@insighbb.com</a><br>Or you can call 352-3231.<br><br>BD<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Shameem Rakha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rakhash@champaignschools.org">rakhash@champaignschools.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Hi everyone. I'm new to your group. Thanks for having me. Not that I consider the News Gazette to be worthy of reading, but it does give a distinctly local perspective. Here is what it said about this outrageous mural in today's paper: <a href="http://www.news-gazette.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/art/2010-09-09/artist-alters-building-mural-after-it-provokes-outcry.htm" target="_blank">http://www.news-gazette.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/art/2010-09-09/artist-alters-building-mural-after-it-provokes-outcry.htm</a></font></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:eheim2@illinois.edu" target="_blank">eheim2@illinois.edu</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Thu 9/9/2010 5:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> Rachel Storm; <a href="mailto:peace@anti-war.net" target="_blank">peace@anti-war.net</a>; Brian Dolinar; Barbara kessel; Pat Nolan; <a href="mailto:DebRugg@aol.com" target="_blank">DebRugg@aol.com</a>; <a href="mailto:hardcore@iresist.org" target="_blank">hardcore@iresist.org</a><br>
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<div><pre style="">Is it too early to organize a response? What do people think?
Eric
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>Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:58:11 -0500
>From: Rachel Storm <<a href="mailto:rachelstrm@gmail.com" target="_blank">rachelstrm@gmail.com</a>>
>Subject: [Peace] Fwd: Disturbing Images from Downtown Champaign
>To: <a href="mailto:peace@anti-war.net" target="_blank">peace@anti-war.net</a>, Brian Dolinar <<a href="mailto:briandolinar@gmail.com" target="_blank">briandolinar@gmail.com</a>>, Barbara kessel <<a href="mailto:barkes@gmail.com" target="_blank">barkes@gmail.com</a>>, Pat Nolan <<a href="mailto:pnolan96@aol.com" target="_blank">pnolan96@aol.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:DebRugg@aol.com" target="_blank">DebRugg@aol.com</a>, <a href="mailto:hardcore@iresist.org" target="_blank">hardcore@iresist.org</a>
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> Please forward widely.
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> From: Davis, Ashley <<a href="mailto:adavis2@ad.uiuc.edu" target="_blank">adavis2@ad.uiuc.edu</a>>
> Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 5:24 PM
> Subject: Disturbing Images from Downtown Champaign
> To: <a href="mailto:OIIR@listserv.illinois.edu" target="_blank">OIIR@listserv.illinois.edu</a>
>
> Hello Colleagues,
>
> I hope you are well on this beautiful Tuesday. This
> afternoon I received a phone call concerning
> disturbing images in downtown Champaign. I rushed to
> the scene of the crime and found the images to
> be as disheartening and disturbing as described.
>
> Talks with the owner concerning the
> offensive nature of the images proved futile. They
> were first described as "art," then "history," and
> finally as "folklore." These images are being
> painted as I type and are located on the wall
> of "Carrie's" on Neil St. in downtown Champaign
> across the street from Boltini Lounge.
>
> I warn you to brace yourselves as you view
> this image. There are more images but the list
> serv won't let them through. Encounters such as
> this prove the need for the existence of the Bruce
> Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, OMSA, DAAS
> and OIIR as our mission to educate individuals is
> never-ending.
>
> Best,
> Ashley M. Davis
>
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